Other pastel-colored boxes

On 14 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Burgle Bros, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the box of Burgle Bros 2 transforms into a two-layer game board (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burgle Bros. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Burgle Bros), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi thanks for responding to my draft. Could I please have some clarification to why my sources are not sufficient? The previous person who reviewed my work said these sources were good but I needed to work on the tone. I have done so and I would appreciate if you could get back to me. Mrwikiguy1 (talk) 03:24, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mrwikiguy1 sorry for the late reply. The main problem with your draft is a lack of significant coverage, i.e. sources about the school specifically. Also, just curious, where did the previous reviewer say the sources were good? Because their reply doesn't say that. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 12:27, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 16 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article New Star GP, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Star GP spans five decades of Formula One history, from the 1980s to the present day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New Star GP. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, New Star GP), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 12:03, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Finally! '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 12:28, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It started today on Monday June 16 and will run until Sunday July 13. There is over $3300 going into it, with $500 the top prize. If you are interested in winning something to save you money in buying books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for subjects which interest you, sign up on the page in the participants section if interested. Even if you can only manage a few articles they would be very much appreciated and help make the content produced as diverse and broad as possible! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr. Blofeld already signed up, but thanks for the invite! '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 14:50, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! :-) Thanks! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

are you ai --Polishnationalist2137 (talk) 21:09, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

42. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 01:48, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Thanks for been my mentor, i would love to write an article about a musical artiste. Your help and guidance will be very much appreciated. --Jhunior12 (talk) 21:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jhunior12 I'm assuming you're referring to Draft:Scrip T? If so, you need to include more reliable sources in order to establish notability. See Help:Your first article for more information. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 03:07, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey CanonNi, the Developing Countries WikiContest will be returning for a second year, and sign-ups are now open! The contest will run from 1 July to 30 September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia.

In other news, we have a new face on the coordinator team this year: last year's sixth-place finisher, Arconning (talk · contribs)! The coordinators would like to extend a sincere thanks to Ixtal (talk · contribs), who is leaving the team, without whom the contest would not exist. After feedback from contestants last year, the scoring rules are undergoing some modifications; the new rules and a summary of the changes made will be posted to the contest talk page shortly.

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 Done! '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 09:43, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I take back a draft submission? Kuzeyakkaya (talk) 09:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kuzeyakkaya you can simply delete the template that says "Review waiting". '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 10:12, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Giúp mình Duyệt web nhanh hơn cho game online trên điện thoại trình duyệt Chrome Google --Hana5599 (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hana5599 Google Translate says you're asking about mobile games? If so, Wikipedia isn't the right place for that. (Google Dịch nói rằng bạn đang hỏi về trò chơi di động? Nếu vậy, Wikipedia không phải là nơi phù hợp cho việc đó.) '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 06:15, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi thanks for responding to my draft. Could you please give some clarification to why my sources are not reliable? Which sources specifically should be changed? All of them are taken from websites about regional history or news sources. SlavaFire (talk) 10:47, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SlavaFire hi. The main problem is not the reliability of sources, but rather a lack thereof in parts of the draft. For example, the "Kharkov Merchant Branch" section consists of 8 paragraphs, only half of which cite a source, while "Legacy" has no sources at all. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 11:45, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Fixed the entire article. Can you take a look again? Thank you. SlavaFire (talk) 19:28, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have resubmitted the draft for review, and a different reviewer will give feedback soon. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 14:39, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, it seems you are getting a lot of messages but thank you for reviewing my draft. I wanted to clarify the what you said around referencing. How is it unreliable to use those sources just to confirm basic facts like the company’s existence, the release date of an album, or what the company does? These seem like straightforward details that are okay to verify with primary sources and are unsusceptible to any bias. For instance when I reference the 'our team' page for Planet Labs to show that he is listed as a co-founder how is that not reliable if anything that would be the most reliable source as it is primary.

Thanks, again Apple24628 (talk) 24:22, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Apple24628 yes, those sources may be usable for confirming basic facts, but that's all they're useful for. Your draft lacks enough independent sources to establish notability. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 13:22, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I am working on Draft:Neel, and I noticed that many location articles have an infobox at the top. I added coordinates by copying the code from Google, but I realized this is not the right place for it. I see that some location articles have coordinates within the infobox. Could you please help me create a proper infobox for this article? Arbaz Thakur (talk) 21:01, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Arbaz Thakur I added a simple {{infobox settlement}} based on information in the draft. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 09:59, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Arbaz Thakur (talk) 08:22, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I have participated in the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Occupied Palestinian territories and added my comment. I also looked at how other users added their comments and learned from them. This is my first comment in such process. After reviewing the article, I added my comment as Keep. Could you please check if I did it correctly? Arbaz Thakur (talk) 08:26, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Arbaz Thakur yes, that is generally how you participate in AfDs - a simple keep or delete with a policy-based rationale. However, (and this isn't your fault, I know you just weren't aware) per WP:ARBPIA, a series of restrictions authorized by the Arbitration Committee, only extended-confirmed editors may participate in the discussion. I've therefore struck your vote and will leave you a message with more info on your talk page. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 12:58, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how can I create a citation? --Muhammad Gaddafi Rabiu (talk) 16:50, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Muhammad Gaddafi Rabiu Help:Referencing for beginners is a nice tutorial for creating citations. I can also help create one for you if you give me the source. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 10:35, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for participating in the Articles for Creation June Backlog Drive! We've done amazing work so far, dropping the backlog by more than 2000 drafts already. We have around 1400 drafts outstanding, and we need your help to get that down to zero in 5 days. We can do this, but we need all hands on deck to make this happen. A list of the pending drafts can be found at WP:AFCSORT, where you can select submissions in your area of interest. Thank you so much for your work so far, and happy reviewing! – DreamRimmer ■ 01:29, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I want to create a biography for an artiste , I'm getting difficulty in doing so,help me out and also to add picture also. --Goldflyboy (talk) 20:24, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Goldflyboy writing about yourself is a bad idea, and your draft is written in a promotional tone. I've tagged it for deletion accordingly. Please see Help:Your first article to understand what a proper article needs. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 01:09, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles and 48 did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic articles, two featured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CanonNi, for the second running of the Developing Countries WikiContest, it is now open for submissions. Welcome to the contest! You can now list your work at your submissions page to earn points. The coordinators have addressed some of the queries at the last contest and we are hopeful that it'll turn out great for you—yes, you! If you haven't done so already, please review the following:

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• Got open nominations? List them at the review requests sidebar.
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	The Teamwork Barnstar
	I have to be honest that I was overwhelmed when I saw the AfC backlog just now! Your work at articles for creation is incredible. Thank you so much for being part of the June Backlog Drive eliminators. I miss reviewing drafts, and I hope I am able to get back more actively again. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:06, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hey my edits are not approved after review , why? --Prathima k (talk) 09:25, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Prathima k if you're referring to your user page, it was deleted because Wikipedia is not a platform to promote yourself. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 02:57, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I am working on the submission for Christine Huber that you edited. Could you please let me know what else needs to be added to the footnotes to have it approved? Kjeverett79 (talk) 21:58, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kjeverett79 hi. Half of your sources are currently listed in bullet points at the bottom of the article, instead of being cited inline like other sources. Please reformat them so that they appear as footnotes next to statements they support. [​[User:CanonNi]​] (💬 • ✍️) 02:59, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Heat: Pedal to the Metal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that players of a 2022 strategy board game have to manage stress, overheating, and tight cornering? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Heat: Pedal to the Metal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Heat: Pedal to the Metal), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Launchballer 00:02, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	This is awarded to CanonNi for accumulating more than 75 points during the June 2025 AfC backlog drive. Your dedication and sustained efforts in reducing the backlog and contributions to Wikipedia's content review process are sincerely appreciated. Thank you for your participation! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 13:26, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Regan Garden at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 14:32, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CanonNi, I've taken another look at this one. With some tweaks ALT3 would work, but if you want to suggest other hooks I can look at those to. It's perhaps best to pick a single fact that can be backed up by a single source. There's a few interesting things in the article that I'm sure would work. CMD (talk) 08:42, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning. I just was wondering what the best way to get involved with wikipedia/media as an experienced software engineer, including stuff like abstract wikipedia? --Ncthbrt (talk) 09:43, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven't seen the Wikipedia:The World Destubathon contest update in the last few days that we've decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we're about 480 articles short!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:38, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, my draft was declined but I think it satisfies WP: THREE and subject is known as World's first Staff Prompt Engineer. The Washington Post and New York Times have exclusive article discussing him. Still Draft: Riley Goodside was declined --Arbaz Thakur (talk) 17:36, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to CanonNi for collecting more than 3.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's JUN25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 9,500 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt ■ 16:02, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 15 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Guilty as Sock!, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Guilty as Sock! was described as "the perfect arena" for "unsettled beef"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Guilty as Sock!. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Guilty as Sock!), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, CanonNi. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Lü Hung-chih.
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Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! Can you reccomend any videos on editing guidelines? --Reality Junkie 2025 (talk) 04:41, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 16 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Golden Lap, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Formula One races in Golden Lap are simply colored dots traveling along a thick line? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Golden Lap. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Golden Lap), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mahadev --Basekumar (talk) 14:26, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CanonNi! I'm excited to be here. I count on Wikipedia for a lot of my creative work - and I spend a LOT of time in the field of gaming (I have built several large-scale and successful games over the last 18 years when I first started). I've started first by editing a few articles around TTRPGs and I also intend to contribute to the fields of game theory and tooling. Hopefully I'm helpful and contributive. If you see anything you don't like, let me know!

Thanks! --Joelauge (talk) 00:16, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CanonNi I have created a draft page but it keeps getting rejected. I have referenced every fact, and made each sentence so that it reads as fact, rather than anything subjective or promotional. Are you able to have a look at my page to see which bits may be causing a problem please? Thank you! --Ccvpa80 (talk) 10:38, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, CanonNi. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Regan Garden.
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Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:51, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Super sorry to bother you but I'm struggling to figure something out and need help from someone who actually knows what they are doing.

I've been working on a page for a character from Marvel comics, meaning a lot of the sources are coming from the same website. The problem is that it's automatically saying its already been cited before when it hasn't.

If you have any advice I'd heavily appreciate it, and If you've had this happen before, was it because they're all from the same website? (Or maybe it's the visual editor?)

Thanks so much! --Boba21521 (talk) 04:32, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hi thank you! Can you please help me - I don't know whether my article has been reviewed or whether I have not submitted properly? --Pgjmurray (talk) 06:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how do i create a citation? --Thilio (talk) 05:55, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CannonNi,

Thank you for taking the time to review my draft submission for the article CEN/TC 348 – Facility Management. I understand from your comment that the submission was declined due to insufficient support from reliable sources. I would greatly appreciate it if you could clarify which specific sources were considered unreliable or insufficient, or if there were other concerns that led to the rejection.

Since your first review, I have:

- revised the inline citation format according to WP:REFB and WP:CITE,

- ensured that all links are active and verifiable, and

- added references from independent, academically grounded sources (including sector-wide publications and research institutions).

As such, your latest reply confuses me somewhat, and I’m not sure what may still be missing at this stage.

If there are still aspects of the article that fall short of Wikipedia’s standards — such as tone, notability, or sourcing — I’d be very grateful for your guidance so I can address these and improve the draft accordingly before resubmission.

Thank you again for your time and support.

Best regards,

Ian van der Pool Ian van der Pool (talk) 04:58, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Your good article nomination of the article F1 24 has failed. See the review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 13:04, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We're a month into the 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest, with stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard already! Our current top five contestants are:

1. Spookyaki (submissions) – 256 points, mostly from a handful of GAs about women's history in Latin America as well as the 1991 Haitian coup d'état.
2. vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) – 229 points, back with a number of articles on abortion in various African countries.
3. simongraham (submissions) – 213 points, mainly from GAs on species of jumping spiders in both Africa and Azerbaijan.
4. PizzaKing13 (submissions) – 200 points, with five GAs on articles relating to Salvadoran politics, history, and griddle cakes.
5. BeanieFan11 (submissions) – 168 points from a few GAs, a few DYKs, and a few ITNs on athletes from a variety of countries.

Looking for ways to climb up the leaderboard yourself? Help out your fellow participants by answering a few review requests, particularly the older entries. Several more nominations needing attention are listed at eligible reviews, and highlighed entries receive a 1.5× multiplier!

On behalf of the coordinators, we'd like to thank all the participants for helping to combat systemic bias on Wikipedia! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:36, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Canon,

Hope you're doing well!

One of the main issues with my draft is the editors' feedback that it lacked multiple published sources, which has been mentioned several times in the comments.

In May of this year, art-K commissioned a research body to conduct research, which was subsequently covered by various famous press and newspapers, such as The Times and The Standard, etc. While art-K was only briefly mentioned in the report, I considered these sources to be reliable and independent.

In our new draft, we've provided more details about art-K and included these reports as references. Before we resubmit, I would like to seek your opinion on whether these sources meet the requirements and are suitable for supporting the subject of art-K. Any guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much! EHarper21 (talk) 10:02, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 9 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Regan Garden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after losing a Shanghai mansion (pictured) to the Empire of Japan in World War II, British hotelier Victor Sassoon abandoned repossession plans following a communist takeover? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Regan Garden. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Regan Garden), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Module:Updated has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 12:44, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CanonNi. I have an article in my sandbox. I published updates today. What is the best approach to submit it for review and ensure it is properly constructed and ready for the public? --Coffeenative (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please update per Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Clarification_request:_Indian_military_history TarnishedPath^talk 13:52, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear CanonNi,

My Wikipedia entry/page ("Wolfgang Löscher") has a header that says "This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (January 2022)".

What can I do that this header is removed?

Best regards, Wolfgang 193.16.5.49 (talk) 08:47, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nice you meet you you are my mentor can we make a article together --Coderpedia (talk) 15:41, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I fix image distortion in a full-width banner section? --Noisenoisenoise12 (talk) 15:01, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I begin --E.espinoza.1990 (talk) 07:22, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9 good articles, 28 did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges – Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), Frostly (talk · contribs), Guerillero (talk · contribs) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

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Two weeks ago, the 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest came to a close! After three months of stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard, we have our winners. vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions), continuing his work on covering abortion in Africa, comes in third with 692 points. simongraham (submissions) comes in second with 763 points, largely from a slew of good articles about jumping spiders. And returning to the podium for the second year in a row, BeanieFan11 (submissions) takes the Gold Belt Buckle with a mind-boggling 946 points from his series of articles on sportpersons. Congratulations to our winners!

Amazingly, the award for the most countries covered goes to both BeanieFan11 (submissions) and simongraham (submissions), who each submitted articles under 30 flags! BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins for writing the most quality articles (16 good articles). For submitting 16 articles related to El Salvador, PizzaKing13 (submissions) wins the award for most submissions under one country. The award for most submissions related to women goes to both Spookyaki (submissions) (7 biographies about women) and vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) (21 related articles). And for the second year, simongraham (submissions) wins for the most reviews, having submitted 21!

Among the participants' contributions were 2 FAs, 5 FLs, 124 GAs, and an uncounted number of DYKs, ITNs, and reviews of every kind! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year, and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...

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The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
• Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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